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what vacation looks like

If you could hear this picture, it would sound like Taylor Swift- LOUD. I cannot get Rosie out of her nightgown, and work is slow-going. Joey’s home too, which means I drink beer at 3 and spend too much time making dinner. Then the girls are bored, so I offer to take them to the library if Rosie will get out of her nightgown. I cannot get Rosie out of her nightgown, and the cycle begins again. It must be vacation week!

A perfect time for mid-week reads. That’s exactly what I was thinking.

Bryant Gumble? I’m baffled, and surprised, and adding him to my list of dream future dinner party guests. (I have to admit this is my favorite of the HIGHLY DRAMATIC series so far)

If her previous books are any indication, thinking this might be the book of my Spring.

Completely agree on the Bryant Gumbel Piglet decision (I forwarded that to my husband immediately after reading it). Funny, smart, and seems to know his way around a kitchen. And based on that one recipe, I am looking forward to perusing Deborah Madison’s new book as well. Also, thank you for the link to the Samin Nosrat piece.

My son and I laughed so hard at the goat video…we played back the part with the goat spitting at that one guy a bunch of times. On another note, I went to amazon and bought the River Cottage cake cookbook after reading that post bout the honey cake. I can’t wait to try that recipe (and the one she posted a while ago for cardamom cake)!

You know, I didn’t even know River Cottage had a cake book until I saw Megan’s post? They’re preserves book is a favorite of mine–now I’ve got the cake book on my list, too. I just want to live inside those books.

Ha! Just think, in hallways all over the country, the same kids in pjs, running up and down the hall. And I’m sorry about those biscotti, but now that you’ve put those blondies in my mind, we’re even. xo

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